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Baden-Württemberg

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Dettingen an der Erms

Bad Urach Market Square – Bad Urach Town Hall loop from Dettingen Erms Mitte

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Germany

Baden-Württemberg

Landkreis Reutlingen

Dettingen an der Erms

Bad Urach Market Square – Bad Urach Town Hall loop from Dettingen Erms Mitte

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Bad Urach Market Square – Bad Urach Town Hall loop from Dettingen Erms Mitte

02:58

41.3km

580m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 17, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 6.77 km for 60 m

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3.37 km

View of Hohenurach Castle Ruins

Highlight • Viewpoint

The cycle path between Bad Urach and Metzingen is very busy at the weekend...so better during the week😉

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6.72 km

Bad Urach Market Square

Highlight • Settlement

The center of the historic city center is the spacious market square, which is characterized by half-timbered houses from the 15th and 16th centuries. Its unusual trapezoidal shape is due to topography: above the market square, the Ermstal and Elsach valleys merge and only from here does the Ermstal widen towards the Neckar foreland. The landscape therefore determines the shape of the square.

Numerous cafés and restaurants invite you to linger. The market square is now traffic-calmed, only the city bus line is allowed to drive over it.
On Wednesdays and Saturday mornings, a weekly market takes place on the market square from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Urach weekly market has a long tradition. It has existed for over 130 years, and today it mainly offers agricultural products. The market fountain in late Gothic style used to be the city's most important water dispenser and a meeting place for young and old. This tradition has been preserved and the market fountain is still the meeting point for public city tours on Sundays at 2 p.m. Source (BadUrach-Tourismus.de)

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6.77 km

Bad Urach Town Hall

Highlight • Historical Site

Half-timbered house with an integrated clock – you don't see that very often. The coloring is really well done.

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6.82 km

Shepherds' Run Monument, Bad Urach Market Square

Highlight • Monument

Shepherd's Run Monument by Peter Lenk

The Shepherd's Run Monument by Peter Lenk was erected on the Urach market square to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Shepherd's Run. The monument depicts the shepherd's festival in its original form, without superfluous, site-specific decorations.

The sculpture consists of several almost life-size figures depicting the shepherds' race and the occasional scuffle for victory.

The Shepherd's Race has a long tradition: The Shepherd's Guild met for its general assembly in the old Free German Imperial City of Markgöningen as early as 1443. After the official matters concerning sheep farming were dealt with by the Shepherd's Court, the Shepherd's Race followed. Unmarried shepherds and shepherd's daughters raced against each other across a stubble field.

The Shepherd's Run in Bad Urach

Since 1723, Bad Urach has celebrated the Urach Shepherd's Race every two years, which dates back to an order by Duke Eberhard Ludwig. He wanted to spare the shepherds on the Alb the long journey to the Markgröningen Shepherd's Day at that time. The ducal decree led to the establishment of a "Neben- und Viertellade" (Neighborhood and Quarter Lodge) for the Shepherds' Guild, with permission to hold a Shepherd's Run. Even then, the people of Urach maintained the now traditional festivities: a large folk festival with thousands of guests takes place around the competition between young shepherds' sons and daughters with prize herding and the legendary Shepherd's Run for the Shepherd's Crown.

The monument is complemented by a carillon tower, from which melodies ring out four times a day. The repertoire changes monthly, with songs tailored to the time of day and year.

The bell melodies can be heard at the following times:

9:01 a.m.

10:01 a.m.

12:05 p.m.

3:05 p.m.

7:01 p.m.

Source: badurach-tourismus.de/attraktion/schaeferlauf-denkmal-von-peter-lenk-6d74ec1d92

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